Playwright v1.54.0stable Released Jul 10, 2025
Impact Score: 5/10

Playwright v1.54.0 โ€” Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Playwright v1.54.0. Source highlight: New cookie property `partitionKey` in browserContext.cookies() and browserContext.addCookies(). This property allows to save and restore partitioned cookies. See CHIPS MDN article for more information. Note that browsers have different support and defaults for cookie partitioning.

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

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๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

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โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

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โœจ New Features & Capabilities (1)

  • New property `location` in test annotations, for example in testResult.annotations and testInfo.annotations. It shows where the annotation like `test.skip` or `test.fixme` was added.
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Highlights - New cookie property `partitionKey` in [browserContext.cookies()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browser-context-cookies) and [browserContext.addCookies()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browser-context-add-cookies). This property allows to save and restore partitioned cookies. See [CHIPS MDN article](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy/Guides/Privacy_sandbox/Partitioned_cookies) for more information. Note that browsers have different support and defaults for cookie partitioning. - New option `noSnippets` to disable code snippets in the html report. ```js import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test'; export default defineConfig({ reporter: [['html', { noSnippets: true }]] }); ``` - New property `location` in test annotations, for example in [testResult.annotations](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testresult#test-result-annotations) and [testInfo.annotations](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testinfo#test-info-annotations). It shows where the annotation like `test.skip` or `test.fixme` was added. ## Command Line - New option `--user-data-dir` in multiple commands. You can specify the same user data dir to reuse browsing state, like authentication, between sessions. ```bash npx playwright codegen --user-data-dir=./user-data ``` - Option `-gv` has been removed from the `npx playwright test` command. Use `--grep-invert` instead. - `npx playwright open` does not open the test recorder anymore. Use `npx playwright codegen` instead. ## Miscellaneous - Support for Node.js 16 has been removed. - Support for Node.js 18 has been deprecated, and will be removed in the future. ## Browser Versions - Chromium 139.0.7258.5 - Mozilla Firefox 140.0.2 - WebKit 26.0 This version was also tested against the following stable channels: - Google Chrome 140 - Microsoft Edge 140